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manufacture has 8 distinct synonyms spread across 4 of its 6 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
“the company fabricates plastic chairs”
concoct something artificial or untrue
produce naturally
“this gland manufactures a specific substance only”
create or produce in a mechanical way
“This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success”
the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
“American industry is making increased use of computers to control production”
the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for manufacture come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
“the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals”